San Francisco International Film Festival: Closing Night Film "A Prairie Home Companion" May 4, 2006

Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Virginia Madsen, Tommy Lee Jones, Lindsay Lohan, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly and Lily Tomlin. Garrison Keillor?s mighty screenplay, based upon the long-running and critically acclaimed weekly radio show, takes place on the evening of the show?s finale broadcast. The cast, as star-studded as a pair of sequined boots, is masterfully woven together as honorary Academy Award winner Robert Altman?s direction embodies both the mirth and breadth of the show he so artfully brings to the silver screen. Following the film, join the party and say au revoir to this year?s Festival at the Closing Night festivities at the white-hot nightspot Mezzanine. Closing Night is sponsored by bebe.

The San Francisco International Film Festival, committed to celebrating the art of the moving image, has presented the best in world cinema since 1957. Now, the 15-day Festival presents nearly 200 films from over 50 countries and reaches an engaged audience of tens of thousands of film lovers, filmmakers, industry representatives and journalists with screenings in San Francisco, Berkeley and the Peninsula. The Festival highlights current trends in international film and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution.